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cob Definition

cob (käb)

noun

  1. Brit., Dialectal
    1. a lump or small mass, as of coal
    2. a leader; chief
  2. ☆ a corncob
  3. a male swan
  4. a short-legged, thickset riding horse

Etymology: ME, prob. < LowG, as in Du kobbe < Gmc base *kubb-, something rounded

cob Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • corn: Voice-over: There's a whole summer of sunshine in these ripe cobs of corn.

Converse of object

  • welsh: She was a 14.3hh welsh cob she was a babe, I always led the treks on her.
  • make: Would go on in any field, would also make superb show cob.
  • use: Repairs to cob walls using cob or cob blocks or cob tiles. iii.
  • have: The sweetcorn plants have rocketed up, and some of them have three cobs per plant.

Adjective modifier

  • colored: A good looking colored cob of 5 yrs who would be ideal for any member of the family.
  • Welsh: She has sold her lorry, but is keeping chestnut Welsh cob Prince, and she and husband Colin are having a rest.
  • traditional: She has inherited her lovely nature from her dam who is a traditional calm cob.
  • old: The section on repairing old cob is particularly useful.

Modifies a noun

  • gelding: Heavy weight piebald irish cob gelding with lots of feather.
  • mare: I have a 15.2 hh 5year old cob mare who will not stay in a stable.
  • barn: Rashleigh and Thrift Rashleigh and Thrift were originally part of a large cob barn which was used by the local fishermen.
  • cottage: SUBJECT: Advice needed to build doorway in cob cottage.
  • oven: Some of the food will be cooked in the on site cob oven.
  • wall: Cornish cob walls were usually laid on a ring of stone, to raise the mud walls above the damp ground.

Noun used with modifier

  • corn: These classic corn cobs have 8 rows of sweet corn seeds, the mark of the original Golden Bantam Sweet Corn strain.
  • maize: Then ten maize grains are shelled off from the center of each maize cob.
  • Gypsy: She has the most wonderful placid nature, just as a gypsy cob should.
  • weight: A lovely heavy weight cob who is a proper stunner to look at with the sweetest nature going.
  • show: Would go on in any field, would also make superb show cob.

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